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Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!

In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.

I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder.

Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.

The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Most of one's troubles in this world come from something inside one's self.

Most of one's troubles in this world come from something inside one's self.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Sports of every sort had always appealed to me.

Sports of every sort had always appealed to me.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.

The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations.

Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.

It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.

Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Fighting in the air is not a sport. It is scientific murder.

Fighting in the air is not a sport. It is scientific murder.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I am not a labor hater.

I am not a labor hater.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

Eddie Rickenbacker quotes: The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.

The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.